In the face of white revelry, The Aboriginal Memorial, brought the hidden histories of Australia’s war on Aboriginal people front and centre. The permanent placement of the Memorial at the NGA is a critical reminder of the atrocities inflicted on Aboriginal people, that can not be forgotten.

“The enduring power of art and art-making can be witnessed in the SALA program this year. It has been heartening to see artists continue to make work in such challenging circumstances and to utilise the SALA platform to express themselves and bring communities back together,” says SALA CEO Kate Moskwa.

Until 20 September, JamFactory in Adelaide is hosting ‘Modern Mysticism’, an exhibition of craft and design works made by six Victorian contemporary jewellers and ceramic artists.

It reminds us that art – sometimes difficult and always humanising – is the deepest expression of our culture and is worth protecting.

Bayside Gallery in Melbourne have closed their doors to the public for a second time due to the recurrence of Covid-19 social distancing and lockdown measures. In light of the disruptions the gallery continues the exhibition titled ‘Classy’ by Fiona McMonagle, online. McMonagle is a Melbourne-based contemporary watercolour artist who rather than taking a traditional … Continued

Fox Galleries, Melbourne brings Warrnambool-based artists Barry Tate and Matthew Clarke together in ‘The Winter of Disconnect: The Great Indoors’, an exhibition of new work created by two outsider artists while staying at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Clarke is a painter whose creativity is awakened by the world around him. For his most recent … Continued

Exposed amidst the pandemic, the core of the arts industry is still ailing without significant and strategic government investment, despite the arts contributing $14.7 billion to the GDP.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) is home to a vast collection of late 19th and early to mid-20th century paintings and works on paper. Curators from the gallery have drawn a selection of works from the treasury to exhibit alongside works on loan from private collectors, the State Library of New South … Continued

ACCA’s 2020 program of podcast and video talks reflect on a range of the key events that revolutionised art in Australia over the last three decades of the 20th century.

HOME 2020 provides an outlet for people with a refugee or asylum seeker background to express their thoughts, feelings and educate others about their cultural backgrounds.

Twelve artists from Sydney’s Stanley Street Gallery have been working from their artist studios and makeshift home-studios documenting their experiences during this extraordinary time of our global existence.

Mariam Arcilla presents Interno, a new podcast or a ‘time capsule’, where she speaks to artists across the world on art and activism during the global pandemic.

Aboutface’ invited artists in isolation to make, remodel, rework, embellish and decorate home-made masks as a creative way to document the global pandemic experience, express their concerns and tell their stories.

Fabrizio Biviano recognises repetition as a profound raison d’être; a conduit of catharsis, and of purpose. Just as Sisyphus found resolve in his toil, so too does Biviano’s own painterly pursuits enrich his reality.

Mavis creates landscapes of her Country imbued with generations of memories from her childhood camping trips away from the Aurukun Mission, to visiting sites with her adopted son Edgar while he conducts cultural burning ensuring the seasonal regeneration of the land.

From July 2 until 22 August audiences are invited to explore a display of wearable artworks created by NSW-based contemporary art jeweller Zoe Brand.

Playwriting Australia (PWA) invited 25 Australian theatre bodies to nominate two playwrights each to write short monologue works for the ‘Dear Australia’ project,

‘Shift+Control+Exit’ curated by Sabrina Roesner features new work by nine contemporary artists who share experiences of their world during lockdown, and new ideas that consider the changing state of the world in the face of the pandemic.

In response to the critical nature of climate change the ‘Environmental Film Festival Australia’ (EFFA) is launching this seasons online program with a screening of the award-winning film The Condor and The Eagle…

In response to a world thriving in digital space, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney and Arts House, Melbourne present BLEED (Biennial Live Event in the Everyday Digital), an energetic ten-week digital festival, asking artists and audiences “How does online feel?”